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My Versa 3 is counting more stairs than it should?

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Hello @Ikkefit 

This sometimes can happen for a variety of different reasons. I experience the same issue when I have a bad storm coming in or I’m in extreme windy conditions. Article: The way fitness trackers compute "stairs" is by inferring elevation from changes in atmospheric pressure.  All else being equal, air pressure decreases as elevation increases.  The difference in air pressure is used in impute changes in height, with each ten foot of perceived elevation increase being granted one flight of stairs.  (This is an oversimplification, as there are other factors to help exclude elevation changes from riding an elevator or airplane for example.)

The catch here is "all else being equal".  The process generally works quite well when air pressure is not changing for other reasons.  Possibly the most common of these is weather patterns.  If you have a low pressure area rolling in and are outdoors (or have windows open) the air pressure can be dropping while you are at the same elevation.  If you are walking around when that happens, it can end up being construed as elevation changes and input "stairs".

Some people have also reported earning "stairs" while walking outdoors when there are variable and shifting wind directions.  It seems as if the variable flow of air across the air pressure sensor can sometimes fool it into imputing "stairs" too.

Try restarting your Versa 3 to see if that helps. Just press down and hold the button of your Versa 3 until you see the Fitbit Logo then release the button. You should feel the Fitbit tracker vibrate letting you know the restart is complete. 
if you want to edit the steps on your Fitbit App look here: https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1306.htm
😉Hopefully this helps and gives you an answer as to why sometimes this may happen. Let me know how it goes. 

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Thank you for your reply.
There was nothing special going on around here.
I have restarted the Fitbit, hopefully tomorrow it will do better!

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I hope so as well @Ikkefit! 😃 I hope you have an enjoyable evening and Happy Stepping!

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